Pick of the day

The Afternoon Play, Gandhi's Goat (2.15pm, Radio 4) uses a real-life 1931 meeting between the Mahatma and Charlie Chaplin in the East End of London as its starting point. Meet Anil, a (fictitious) member of Gandhi's entourage who is charged with looking after the eponymous beast, and Emily, a Chaplin employee who harbours a secret she is terrified will end her career. The two embark on what can best be described as a "cultural exchange".

Meanwhile, Analysis (8.30pm, Radio 4) will undoubtedly have the Mahatma spinning in his grave, as it investigates the consequences of India's recent rapid economic expansion. The economy is growing at 9% a year, but is this creating an unbridgeable gap between the newly wealthy and the poor?

Another weird journey into the dark side of human nature, with the wonderfully disturbing sketch show, One (11pm, Radio 4). The comic monologues have a strange, lurking sense of menace that send a deep frisson of unease down one's spine. Think Sam Beckett as directed by Armando Iannucci.